Roll and package



0. A, HEPPES.

ROLL AND PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6. 19m.

1,380,475., Patented June 7, 1921.

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' one A. HEIBPES, or LA. GRANGE, minors.

ROLL AND PACKAGE.

speciflcation of Letters Patent. Patented June 7, 1921.

Application filed September 6, 1918, Serial no. 252,839.

To all whom it mung concern:

Be it known that I O'r'ro A. I-Inrrns, a citizen of the United States,

residin at La Grange, in the county of Cook and tate of roll and package, wherein the package is retained within the roll but maybe removed without injury to the roll or package.

Asphaltic roofing material, when furnished in long relatively narrow sheets is usually rolled into cylindrical f0rm,with an axial opening about three inches in diameter and the ultimate diameter approximately 10' or 12 inches. 1

In the axial opening a carton containing a suitable cement for joining the overlapping sheetstogether, and another carton contain.- ing suitable nails for attaching the sheets to the underlying roof support are usually inclosed within the opening in the roll and then closures or heads, areplaced over each end of the roll to close the cylinder, so as to retain the cartons therein.

Owing to the character of the roll, it is a matter of some difficulty and expense to construct and apply appropriate closures, or I heads, that will remain in place under the of the rolled sheet and place the cartons, end

to end, within the first convolution of the convolved cylinder, thereby utilizing the holding effect by friction between the interrelated parts, due to the accumulated tension of the successive convolutions as the strip is wound into a roll. Byproviding a carton retainer within the opening of the roll, heads or closures for the roll ends become unnecessary. t

In the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective VlGW of one end of an elongated sheet to be wound into a roll, showing the cartons in place, before rolling the sheet into cylinder form.

Fig. 2- is a similar perspective view showing-a slashed part of one end of thesheet to form integral strips folded over the ends of the cartons to provide heads for the carton retainer.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal central section of the mid part of the roll, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 4 showing the manner of retaining the cartons in the roll.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section, taken on line 4-4: of Fig. 3, showing oneof the heads of the carton retainer made from the slashed part of the sheet.

In all views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts. I 5 represents a sheet of material, suchg: that usually employed for roofing, consi ing of a flexible,asphalttreated base, of relatively long dimensions and of narrow proportion, to be wound into a roll. The material is made in long continuous sheets, from which a portion, to constitute a'roll, is out. When the portion 5 is cut from the roll stock, at the end 6, it is also slashed as at 7, and 8,-to points 9 and 10. .The slashed parts, 11 and 12, which form the'retainer, are preferably about as wide as the diameter of the cartons 13-and-14:,-or of less width: Before the sheet 5 is rolled into successive convolutions, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the strip 12 is passed over one end andupper side of the packa e composed of cartons 13 and 14 to form t e head '15 and the other strip 11 is folded over the package in the same manner and over the confronting surface 'of the end 12, to form head 16, as clearly shown inFig; 2, after which the sheet 5 is rolled into cylinder form, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The overlying convolutions of the sheet tightlyhold and bind the parts 11 and 12 in contact with each other and with the surrounding portio s of the sheet and firmly retain the cartons inside the held against such movement by the heads 15 and 16. Therefore it would be diflicult to remove them from the roll until the sheet 5 is unrolled and laid out fiat, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

While I have shown the strips 11 and 12 to be inseparable parts of the, relatively large sheet'5, it is, of course, within the contemplation of my invention to provide a separate part for this purpose and either secure it directly to the sheet 5 or depend upon the frictional engagement of the parts to hold the container within the roll.

lVhile I have herein shown a single em- 'bodiment of my invention, for the purpose of clear disclosure, it will become apparent,

to persons skilled in the art, that changes may be made in the general, arrangement and configuration of theparts, within the scope of the appended claims. I

Having described my invention, what'I claim is 1. In combination with a convolved roll of sheet material having an axial opening; a carton container therein comprising, an unse regated strip attached to one end of the s eet, of a width not greater than the diameter of the carton, extending over the ends and sides of the carton, or cartons and in engagement with the inner convolution of the roll.

2. A carton container formed of aroll of sheet material, having a retaining member overlapping an end of the c'arton, said retaining member being an Integral part of the sheet material and coiiperating with the wall of the central opening of the roll to hold the carton in place within the opening.

3. A carton container comprising a sheet of material formed into a roll with a central opening for a carton, and a retaining member formed as a strip from the sheet of ma terial and overlapping an end of the carton and cooperating with the. wall ofthe opening in the roll to hold the carton in p ace...

4. In combination with an elongated sheet of roofing material rolled into a series of convolutions to form a plural wall cylinder; a carton therein and integral parts of the sheet folded over the ends and one side of the carton and held in place by frictional engagement' with said convolut-ions.

5. Ac'arton containercom rising a sheet of material formed into a mu ti-convolution roll with a central'opening, and a retaining member comprising a strip for overlappm an end of 'a carton wlthm the opening an being held in place by frictional engagement with the wall of the opening in the roll.

6. Acarton container comprising a sheet of material formed into a roll with a central opening, and "a pair of strips formed from the sheet material and overlapping the ends of a carton located within the openthe ends of said strips overlapping each other and-being held in place by frictional engagement with the wall of the opening in the roll.

7 A combined roll comprising an interior package and a sheet wound around the same,

said sheet having a strip extending inward from-one edge and folded over said package for confining the'same.

8. The article claimed generally in claim 7 hereof, wherein two strips are formedextending inwardl from opposite sides of the sheet and are olded over to confine the package-within the roll.

whereof I hereunto sub- In testimony scribed my name.

OTTO A. ,HEPPES. 

